melissa in 2008
2008, so far, is 91% worth living.
In 2005, melissa
did 56 things,
went 0 places,
met 0 people, and
consumed 6 products.
Years:
2007
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2008
January
Added to 43 Things:
- try something new once a month
- take more pictures so I can remember the good times when my already failing memory finally dies
- Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2008 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk. — completed about 1 month later
- read 20 books in 2008 so I can continue acting like the most well-read bitch around
- find new music to love — completed 4 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- see the Dresden Dolls in concert — Worth doing!
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February
Added to 43 Things:
- help catattack get to 3000 cheers! — completed 2 months later
- Get a tattoo — completed 5 months later
- disclose 43 random THINGS about myself — completed 3 months later
- go to at least one concert every month
- learn how to play chess — completed 5 months later
- write something creative once a week
- be supportive of my friends during their big move — completed about 1 month later
- stick to a budget with my limited funds so maybe I won't always be poor
- be part of a team that donates 10 million grains of rice through freerice.com — completed about 1 month later
- keep it Sampras — completed 2 months later
- make the right decision — completed 24 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
- return to 43Land — Worth doing!
- have more alone time — Worth doing!
- donate 50,000 grains of rice through freerice.com — Worth doing!
- learn to play chess
- vote on Super Tuesday — Worth doing!
- help catattack get to 4000 cheers soon! — Worth doing!
- find out what happened to Paolo — Worth doing!
- delete my blog
- Keep a journal — Worth doing!
- truly celebrate the next special day in 2008: Waterfall Nymph's birthday on February 24! — Worth doing!
- Enthusiastically celebrate the birthday of AmyBB25 on 2/25 - she may be far from home but she's close to our hearts — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
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March
Added to 43 Things:
- play more chess — completed 2 months later
- sit somewhere with a great view, a great friend, and a damn decent bottle of wine. — completed 2 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- not be the girl who ditches her friends for a guy — Worth doing!
- enjoy the feeling of being in love — Worth doing!
- color like a crazed 5-year-old — Worth doing!
- get rid of all the negative energy in my life — Worth doing!
- stop smoking — Not worth doing
- Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2008 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk. — Worth doing!
- be supportive of my friends during their big move — Worth doing!
- celebrate Sweater Day — Worth doing!
- make the right decision — Worth doing!
- Wish Doris a Blessed, Peaceful, Energetic and Fun-filled Birthday on March 13th — Worth doing!
- see Bright Eyes in concert — Worth doing!
Watched:
- Away from Her — Worth consuming!
- Black Sheep (Unrated) — Worth consuming!
- Once — Worth consuming!
- The Darjeeling Limited — Worth consuming!
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April
Added to 43 Things:
- Fall in love — completed 2 months later
- act like an adult this time around
Completed on 43 Things:
- help catattack get to 3000 cheers! — Worth doing!
- be part of a team that donates 10 million grains of rice through freerice.com — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
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May
Added to 43 Things:
- make my resume so spectacular potential employers literally say "yowza!" — completed 16 days later
- write a cover letter that doesn't make me sound like a complete douche bag — completed about 1 month later
Completed on 43 Things:
- be more confident — Worth doing!
- do my best at work — Worth doing!
- learn to trust — Worth doing!
- list my top 100 songs — Worth doing!
- find new music to love — Worth doing!
- disclose 43 random THINGS about myself — Worth doing!
- keep it Sampras — Worth doing!
- play more chess — Worth doing!
- sit somewhere with a great view, a great friend, and a damn decent bottle of wine. — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Listened to:
- Third — Not worth consuming
- No, Virginia... — Worth consuming!
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June
Added to 43 Things:
- reconnect or move on — completed about 1 month later
- introduce my boyfriend to my family — completed 16 days later
- visit my college buddies before they disown me
- send my resume to at least five places by June 30 — completed 5 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
- support the Jena Six — Worth doing!
- survive the holidays — Worth doing!
- list 43 things that made 2007 a good year — Worth doing!
- Share in the 2007 43Things holiday card exchange — Worth doing!
- see MC Chris live — Worth doing!
- make my resume so spectacular potential employers literally say "yowza!" — Worth doing!
- see every band on my "must see" list at City Stages — Worth doing!
- see Radiohead live — Not worth doing
- Stop Procrastinating and Wish Jess_OKC a Belated June 14 Birthday — Worth doing!
- see Barack Obama speak — Worth doing!
- See a UFC fight in person — Worth doing!
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July
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- post whatever strikes my fancy — Worth doing!
- Get a tattoo
- learn how to play chess — Worth doing!
- Fall in love — Worth doing!
- write a cover letter that doesn't make me sound like a complete douche bag — Worth doing!
- reconnect or move on — Not worth doing
- introduce my boyfriend to my family — Worth doing!
- send my resume to at least five places by June 30 — Worth doing!
- see the White Stripes in concert — Worth doing!
- see the Happening — Not worth doing
- Read the newspaper daily — Worth doing!
